Best Murder Mystery movies of 2001

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels, Benicio Del Toro, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Sean Penn,

A retiring police chief pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

Actors : Goran Visnjic, Peter Donat, Tilda Swinton, Jonathan Tucker,

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.

Actors : Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Robert De Niro, Avery Brooks,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

A homicide detective and a fire marshal must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.

Actors : Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl, Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner,
Directors : Larry Clark,

A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanor has proved too much.

Actors : Matt O'Leary, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Bill Paxton,

A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions led to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."

Actors : Wilford Brimley, Carrie Morgan, Richard Dutcher, Matthew A. Brown,
Directors : Richard Dutcher,

The sheriff of a small Utah community searches for a serial killer.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper, Steven Seagal, Jaime Pressly,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

After a San Francisco detective's partner is murdered by Northern Irish terrorists, the officer joins the bomb squad in order to bring them to justice.

Actors : Stefano Cassetti, Patrick Dell'Isola, Viviana Aliberti, Isild Le Besco,
Directors : Cédric Kahn,

'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of ...

Actors : Lori Heuring, Barry Newman, Pamela Gidley, Tom Berenger,
Directors : J.S. Cardone,

Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a ...

Actors : Michael Cavalieri, Jamie Kennedy, Carlton Elizabeth, Sam Elliott,
Directors : Jack N. Green,

A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.

Actors : Rachel Hunter, James Russo, Matt Battaglia, Scarlett McAlister,
Directors : James D. Deck,

The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered...

Actors : Bo Derek, Stephen Shellen, Wayne Rogers, Dawn McKelvie Cyr,
Directors : Paul Lynch,

Katherine Sullivan, an acute agoraphobic, witnesses the murder of her husband and speaks with the investigating detective. Then both the body and the detective disappear. Katherine hires ...

Actors : Patrick Bergin, Maxim Roy, Joan Severance, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Marc S. Grenier,

A deputy-district attorney, assigned to investigate the murder of the mayor's cousin, finds himself falling for the victim's wife.

Actors : Fred Williamson, Gary Busey, Bubba Smith, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : Fred Williamson,

Dakota Smith is an experienced policeman with a problem: his partner was shot dead, and corrupt cops are responsible. Dak's investigation leads him to widespread corruption in the ...

Actors : G. Patrick Currie, Holly Ferguson, Ron Sauvé, Kathleen Duborg,
Directors : Ron Chartier,

A psychological drama. It is the story of a young man who, through a series of surreal visions, comes to believe that he is a serial killer targeting pedophiles. The film explores the ...

Actors : Erin Gray, James Wilder, Jerry Wasserman, Isabella Hofmann,
Directors : Gilbert M. Shilton,

An investigative reporter (Isabella Hoffman) works to free a man she believes was wrongly convicted of murder before his execution.

Actors : Julian Lee, Barbara Gehring, Trygve Lode, Michael L. Amory,
Directors : Mark Steven Grove,

Korean martial arts master teams up with US police detective to solve the mystery of his missing sister. Their search leads to a sinister underworld organization that they must battle their way through.

Actors : Erin Gray, Christy Scott Cashman, Kate Houston, Mark Grant,
Directors : Brad Jacques,

Five women, none local and all unknown, have ended up brutally raped, murdered and on the cold steel of the embalming table at the local morgue. Dead-end investigations by the local ...